Please visit savesoil.org to know more about Soil health and how we can participate in the save soil movement. ππ½π³1yr β aggi_pidugu β r/Soil
Has anyone else noticed the soil quality has been terrible since 2023 started?1yr β chimpingway β r/Soil
Comparison of the root system of prairie grass vs agricultural. The removal of these root systems is what lead to the dust bowl when drought arrived.3yr β straylittlelambs β r/Soil
Medium clay from a rice paddy near Bogor, Indonesia. You can clearly see the change in redox conditions along roots where they oxygenate the soil.4yr β RobSigma β r/Soil
Iβll get to dig pits in wetlands all summer! Hereβs a histosol I dug last week3yr β ninjatthew β r/Soil
What kind of soil is this? Will someone please delineate down to the series please?8mo β SandraClayLoam β r/Soil
I wrote this European soil charter in 1978 without a rest to ensure style balance and avoiding spelling mistakes4yr β Jabez-Punkwood- β r/Soil
Wish I was in Ohio right now, but I'm not. RIP National Soil Judging Contest 20204yr β hydroscopick β r/Soil
An unusual looking bit of soil from Maryland.. Any intuition what is going on here? Never seen anything so dark and so deep.4yr β bisteccafiorentina β r/Soil
What is the significance of this soil being βpeat freeβ that they would mark it as such?1yr β rodfermain β r/Soil
Can anyone tell me what this is? Bubbling from the ground next to my horse field. Smells terrible. I removed this layer and pressed the ground with my shovel and more oozed up4yr β Grizz1995 β r/Soil
Why is there a massive alkaline area? Australian state (NSW). Ancient river?5mo β sukkotfretensis β r/Soil
I can no longer grow grass or plants in my yard. The soil is dry and looks like ground coffee. The Snake/ Crazy Worm has taken over. Southeastern MA3d β Interesting_Ad_9127 β r/Soil
Are these test kits sufficient or is there a more reliable option, like a place one can send in a soil sample? And if so how would I find that kind of place?1yr β Sharp-Anywhere-5834 β r/Soil
i just got some soil test results back for the plot that iβll be growing various vegetables on this season. obviously i have a lot of work cut out for me and although i probably should spend a year focusing on the soil alone, i donβt really have time for that. any advice?3yr β StevieDanZissou β r/Soil
Nice O and A horizons in Maryland forest. Would the A be considered an Ultisol do you think? New to soils4yr β bluish1997 β r/Soil
Took a sample for a class project using a dutch auger. The clay was super sticky! Cold, but it was a fun time. Madison, WI series: McHenry Silt Loam4yr β parth096 β r/Soil
The prettiest soil I've seen so far this summer. A Typic Endoaquod with prominent zones of iron leaching and accumulation. So beautiful!5yr β hydroscopick β r/Soil
So I took a sample of my soil located in Trinidad and Tobago. This land used to be used in cane sugar cultivation then switched to suburbs. hopefully this was done correctly. What does this say about my soil? Or what next should I do to find out more?4yr β Mansmakingmoves β r/Soil
Do you know what kind of yellowish soil is this? Appeared 1 meter under the surface3yr β pldit β r/Soil
What would you do about the nitrogen and phosphorus levels in this soil? Background in comments1yr β scabridulousnewt002 β r/Soil
What is this yellow, egg like crap on top of my soil; its been a few months since ive opened this soil container. Is it safe to use?2yr β y-oungblu β r/Soil
Help please :) New raised bed garden in Southern Maine. I removed two smaller raised beds and built this one. I layered newspaper and cardboard, the old soil, and a little compost. Then I started utilizing the a sheet composting method with the first...3yr β BriskeyBean β r/Soil
Color! Itβs one of the most important features when describing a soil. To color a soil, break open a ped (aggregate), moisten it, and match the dominant color with an industry standard color book, such as a Munsell or Globe color book.6yr β SocietyOfSoilJudgers β r/Soil
Am I at the beach? No, that's my soil at home! Is there anything I can do to help improve it? It's nearly completely water repellent, and next to nothing survives in it.5yr β rvdthunder β r/Soil
Ribbons are phenomena that commonly occur through water-limiting soil horizons, such as fragipans. Although ribbons may manifest as a depletionsβ the one pictured is gray due to clean-washed silt grains.6yr β SocietyOfSoilJudgers β r/Soil
Gotta love glacial soils! This Typic Dystrudept is from a glacial outwash plain in Rhode Island. As you can see, the C2 horizon is very coarse, compared to the C1 and C3 horizons. This is due to different energy deposition events. Possibly summer-deposited sediments between winter-deposited ones.6yr β SocietyOfSoilJudgers β r/Soil
Last week I saw this Soil in western Tennessee. The lamellae (small, layered bands of clay and clean washed sand) deep in the profile are beautiful. Thought you guys would like it!7yr β CookedFoodGrain β r/Soil
The most crisp lamellae youβll ever see, each are about an inch thick. Found near Martin Tennessee.6yr β CookedFoodGrain β r/Soil
What is this dark orange power dust/dirt found under piles of leaves and needles?5yr β antdude β r/Soil
Someone opened an oil tote I planned on cleaning out. There was minimal oil in it. Is my garden contaminated?2yr β thefischnasty β r/Soil
This Spodosol reminds me of an Oreo! Itβs a Typic Alorthod from Rhode Island. The very bottom horizon of his profile is a Bhm, indicating that it contains ornstein, or cemented spodic material.6yr β SocietyOfSoilJudgers β r/Soil
My undergrad research involves taking soil cores on a to-be-restored wetland. It requires a lot of concentration.8yr β hydroscopick β r/Soil
PA, Piedmont. Floodplain, backwater wetland. Depleted matrix and concentrations along pore linings. Hydric soil indicator: depleted matrix (F3).6yr β etgarr β r/Soil
My and my co-worker's reaction when I dig a pit with 70 cm of mineral soil OVER 50+ cm of peat. (pit pictures inside)8yr β [deleted] β r/Soil
Thought you all might enjoy some photos of deep soil profiles. Here's a Typic Fulvudand outside Toledo, OR9yr β Soil_Geek β r/Soil
My sister traveled to 11 Countries on a trip, in each Country she collected dirt/soil from the ground. This is all the dirt layered in one jar. (xpost from r/pics)9yr β jbassy β r/Soil
This soil had a few surprises for us. A Typic Vitrixerand outside North Cascades National Park, WA9yr β Soil_Geek β r/Soil
Typic Haplohumult near Yamhill, OR. We never found the bottom of the B horizon9yr β Soil_Geek β r/Soil
How could use this microscope view to estimate percentages of sand, silt, and clay?10yr β themoonrulz β r/Soil
Can anyone please explain why soils are acidic in most parts of Europe? (Dark soils are towards pH 4, reddish soils towards pH 10)10yr β gitacritic β r/Soil
Soil Profile for the WSU Eggerts Family Organic Farm which is just starting to take shape this year. It will be the Largest instructural Organic farm in the US. This was completed a year or so ago by one of the Grad Students Laurie Mooney. WSU is locates in the Palouse.. a beautiful farming region11yr β ILovePEN15 β r/Soil
